salgın
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صالغین (salgın). By surface analysis, salmak + -gın.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
salgın (definite accusative salgını, plural salgınlar)
- epidemic (widespread disease)
- engulfment (the act of surrounding or covering)
- (dated) a type of temporary tax
Declension edit
References edit
- “salgın”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) “صالغین”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[1], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1160